James slowly rubbed against the hard wooden seat, glad Arithmancy classes had separate desks and a near empty classroom except for one or two playing people playing exploding snap in the back.

He hated to admit it, but Sirius had been right at Christmas. The pain had gone and his moans now as Sirius pushed the plug in or pulled it out were more of pleasure than anything else. James didn’t know ears could be blind (or how an ear could see, for that matter), but Sirius had insisted that’d he’d ‘turn a blind ear’ to them, though James could see him smirking in an ‘I-told-you-so’ manner.

He held back a groan as the plug pushed further, moving around inside of him and sending pleasureful sensations through his body. He’d yet to climax this way, but while sitting in a classroom, saw this as a good thing.

The lesson ended and he scribbled down the homework, packing up his stuff and leaving in the blink of an eye. So keen to find a bathroom and finish the job, James missed the eyes following him. Remembering the bathroom on the second floor, he hurried up the flight of stairs.

He saw it was empty and didn’t even bother heading into a cubicle, dropping his bag, he disappeared behind a half-wall and some sinks, the mirrors blocking him from view. Reaching for his trousers, he struggled to get his zipper down. He heard the main door close and froze, his hand in his pants wrapped around himself.

Coming to his senses, he quickly pulled it out and closed his robes. And then, around the corner, clearly looking for him, came…

“So let me get this straight…You had ‘that’ in front of Snivelly?”

“Not in front of him, on him.” Sirius laughed loudly and James felt his face go even redder. “He pushed him against the wall and it just, happened. All over the front of his robes.”

“Wish I had a picture of his face. What did you do?”

“I pulled up my pants and trousers and ran before he could do anything.”

“At least it’ll keep him away from you for a while. Moony said it’s still the most dangerous time for you to be hexed.”

“Moony said this, Moony said that. Have you even read any of those books Peter has?”

“Nope. Why bother when they do it for you? Besides, I’m just godfather, I don’t have to know the disgusting details of your pregnancy.”

“Not so loud!” Sirius threw his head back and laughed heartily.

“No one’s going to hear us up here.” He said, turning left as James flew ahead of him and effectively cutting him off. “Relax…”

Soon after seeing the seven little red blurs walking out onto the pitch, the two flew directly past the bleachers and out into the grounds before dismounting their brooms. The team had not taken their captain quitting a few weeks before the second match well. It had gotten worse when their beater, in support of his friend, had resigned a day after.

No one had been able to pinpoint exactly what happened, but a sixth year Gryffindor boy had been found stuffed under a desk in an unused classroom, not hexed, but covered in scratches and bite marks. He’d claimed he’d been attacked by a dog, but it didn’t explain how the door had been locked from the inside.

What the baffled teachers had overlooked was this was the very same beater that had hexed James and caused the marauders a long worried-filled Friday night, waiting to find out if he was going to lose the baby.

Neither Remus nor James had made any attempt to stop the rabid dog (along with whipped cream smeared around it’s mouth for effect), tackling, biting and dragging him off. Nor had they stopped the rat crawling under the door and locking it, bringing the key back out with him as token of revenge for his pregnant friend.

“You are going to be there for the birth, aren’t you?” James asked as they walked back towards the castle.

“If you want me there, of course I will.” James stopped and looked towards the forest. “Prongs, are you okay?”

“What? Oh right. I’m okay, just thought I saw something in the forest.” He said and Sirius took out his wand, following his friend as they entered it. They stopped a few metres in and Sirius looked around them.

“I don’t see anything.” He said and looked at his friend before raising an eyebrow. He’d picked a flower off the nearest tree and was holding it against his nose. “You sure you’re feeling okay?”

“I told you I’m fine, this just smells so…” He trailed off and suddenly took a bite of the flower, making Sirius freeze in astonishment.

“Where have you two been? You weren’t on the Qudditch pitch and it’s already time for dinner!” Remus demanded as they got up to the dormitory, James looking very contented and heavy-eyed while Sirius, who was grinning widely, held him up. “Don’t you dare smirk at me Sirius!”

“I’m not hungry, Moony.” James mumbled as Sirius helped him onto his bed.

“You can’t skip meals. It’s not healthy for the fawn.”

“Don’t worry Moony, he’s not skipping anything, watch this.” Sirius took a flower out of his pocket and gave it to James, who ate it in three bites. “Already had dinner in the forest.”

“You know, I wouldn’t be surprised of someone jumped out at me and said that this entire year’s been a joke…” Peter muttered to Remus, shaking his head once Sirius and James were out earshot, the elder of the two’s laughing still echoing from the top of the stairs.

The following morning James hadn’t stopped blushing about his actions and had not eaten another flower since, though he still endured Sirius’s teasing about it.

The headaches finally seemed to be calming down, though the nausea had not stopped and he still felt sick around certain foods. He found no real changes from his pregnancy and almost forgot about it at times. It was around the end of January as he neared the second trimester that he found he had to loosen his belt a notch….

Running through the forest on the full moon at beginning of February, following Padfoot’s pointless noisy barking, Prongs found he could finally ignore all the stress lately. Besides having to constantly worry about someone hexing him, the huge amount of homework they were getting lately, he had the soon-to-be added stress of no one finding out about the child in him.

He thought back to earlier when he’d transformed. Padfoot had barked happily and pressed his cold wet nose against Prong’s middle, which had started to bulge out slightly, more noticeable in his animagus form. Suddenly something white flashed past him and he stopped and turned around.

Padfoot, in his happy barking, which in fact did have a purpose despite James’s thoughts, stumbled over a root, yelping and tumbling forwards and expecting to be crushed by the stag. Frowning when nothing happened, he got up and looked behind him. Nothing was there. Barking to Moony, who barked back and came back through the path looking for him, both walked down the path.

Breaking into a run when he realised his friend could be in danger, Padfoot started to panic. His worry was needed as much as the happy-‘excited-godfather-to-be’-barking.

For Prongs, Wormtail sitting atop his head, had stopped at a tree with many bright blue flowers and was happily munching away at it….

Ah, an exciting yet trying time for everybody involved. As previously mentioned, a hormone makes the muscles of the anus more stretchable and with this, more sensitive. For partners involved actively in sex and even those with just their plugs, this can be very arousing.

To the amusement of others, cravings, both weird and wonderful, are setting in and those wishing to watch their waistlines after the birth should avoid the high calorie foods. Not as amusing, is the embarrassingly loud-and-smelly flatulence that also starts to happen more often as the pregnancy progresses. But this is all in good humour, for thin parents-to-be may also start to feel the foetus moving soon.

I have returned! Well, sort of...

Those who've seen my lj might have noticed the post, but for those who haven't: I've finally started original work, meaning there is a tiny little baby book (not a book for babies, ut yeah, you know what I'm talking about) on the way. Other than that, I've been working on poetry, a mini weight-gain story and something for the still the one fans, both of which should come soon.

Enjoy. Will of course be posting more of this and Reluctance (and anything else writte and unposted) soon.

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